Rita Gabussi (c.1815 in

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– 26 January 1891 in

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) was an

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. Gabussi was born in Bologna and studied under Bertinotti in Milan. She sang in 1842 the main role of ''Nina pazza per amore'' by Pietro Antonio Coppola, performed at the Teatro del Re, Milan. Rita was married to the baritone opera singer

Achille De Bassini Achille De Bassini (5 May 1819 – 3 July 1881) was an Italian baritone, particularly noted for his performances in Verdi's operas. He created the roles of Francesco Foscari in ''I due Foscari'' (1844), Pasha Seid in '' Il corsaro'' (1848), Mil ...

(1819–1881), and retired to care for her family in Naples. Their son, Alberto De Bassini, was also an opera singer, first as a tenor, and later as a baritone. Achille died, aged 62, at

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Dizionario biografico dei più celebri poeti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti, coreografi, mimi, ballerini, scenografi, giornalisti, impresarii, ecc. che fiorirono in Italia dal 1800 al 1860
by Francesco Regli, Enrico Dalmazzo publisher, Turin (1860); page 216–217. Italian operatic sopranos 1815 births 1891 deaths Italian singers 19th-century Italian women opera singers {{Italy-opera-singer-stub